Day: November 21, 2014

This has been the most tricky part of my Interpretations assignment that I have tackled so far.

I had thought about photographing one of my nephew’s toy boats but thought that was a bit too much like Slinkachu. I had been told that to photograph a boat with a shallow depth of field from a distance was quite difficult to get right. So never being one to shy away from a challenge I headed for the River Orwell.

I headed first for a marina and after a few practise shots I found just how difficult it was to get the boat in focus and other parts of the image out of focus. All of the boats at the marina were tightly moored along a jetty and I thought the best thing to do would be to find somewhere where there were boats close to the shore as well as boats further…

For the final part of my Interpretations assignment I went along to the railway station in Scunthorpe to take some photographs during the rush hour. Due to the number of people  in the town working shifts the rush hour is not as noticeable as it might be in other towns and cities but there still plenty of people getting on and off the train at 6.00 ish.

With only three passenger trains coming through each hour, and two of them coming in at the same time, I only had a short window in which to take my pictures. I positioned myself ready for the first train but it stopped much further along the platform than I anticipated. Consequently I found myself in the wrong place and only managed to get a couple of photos of people marching towards me.

On the other, busier, platform I sat on a bench behind the people…